South Wales Siemens Steel Association 1913-1961

British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association

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The British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association (BISKTA) was a subsidiary organisation of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC). The ISTC had been established in 1917 in response to government requirements for a single, authoritative body to consult with the multiplicity of unions which existed in the iron and steel industries. Many of these unions decided to affiliate with the ISTC but still retained their independent identities. Under the ISTC scheme, affiliated un...

British Iron and Steel Federation

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In 1934, as a condition of substantial tariff protection for the British steel industry, the government caused the industry to form the British Iron and Steel Federation (BISF). After the war, during which the industry's output was tightly controlled by government, the Federation re-emerged with the task of making a development plan for the post war industry, a plan which was in fact implemented very substantially over the next ten years. It remained a federation of mostly quite sma...

Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (Great Britain)

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South Wales Siemens Steel Association

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The first meeting of the South Wales Siemens Steel Association was held on 7 November 1906. Before this date, the steel industry employers had only held informal 'Steel Masters' meetings but the establishment of the Association provided a formal union for the employers. The Association was essentially a forum whereby the various steel producers in South Wales could make combined decisions regarding employment conditions, the industry and steel prices. The South Wales Sie...